Freakonomics
2010 · Movie · PG-13 · 93 min · ★ 6.1 · 62% critics
A fast-moving documentary explores the hidden side of everyday life, using economics-style thinking to look at incentives, cheating, and surprising patterns in society. Told through a series of loosely connected segments, it aims to make big ideas feel approachable, quirky, and conversation-starting.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-10-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (129 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like quirky, debate-sparking documentaries that jump between topics and big claims, similar to POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold or Jesus Camp; Not for you if you want a single focused story or rigorous deep-dive evidence.
Pros: entertaining, idea-packed segments; thought-provoking questions; accessible explanations | Cons: disjointed, meandering structure; light on data; some claims feel shaky
Themes
- high school
- corruption
- experiment
- cheating
- limousine
- economics
- real estate
- woman director
Cast & crew
- ZS
Zoe Sloane
as Blake
- JV
Jade Viggiano
as High School Girl
- AA
Amancaya Aguilar
as Mercedes
- KB
Kahiry Bess
as Deshawn
- AN
Alisha Nagarsheth
as Student
- AW
Alyssa Wheeldon
as High School Girl
- SS
Samuel Soifer
as Jake
- KG
Kellie Geradi
as Lexus
Greg Crowe
as Johnny the Mechanic
- AG
Andrew Greiche
as Jake
Directed by Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing +3 more